Is This Possibly True?
Oldest Active Post Office in US
South Windsor
Something that is definitely true: I often do "hidden giveaways" towards the end of CTMQ posts. The thrill I get from knowing people read things I write is bigger for me than the thrill of winning is for them.
The last one I did was for … [Read more...]

Russian-Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Union
Super Important Publisher
Ashford, March 2017
This is one of those posts that very few will read and many more will question why it even exists. I’m in the the “many more” group.
I think we can all agree that I can’t chase down every superlative and “first” and … [Read more...]

You Don't, But I Cairn About This Stuff
The Largest Cairn in Connecticut (?)
January 22, 2017
I just wrote about being surprised in the Manchester woods by a nice little covered bridge at the Oak Grove Nature Center. And I was surprised!
But that surprise pales in comparison to the jaw-dropping surprise I felt … [Read more...]

Hilliard Mills
America's Oldest Wool Mill
Manchester
As with every "oldest" and "first" claim, I approached this page skeptically. However, after poking around the Internet for approximately 18 seconds, I'm calling it: This superlative is legitimate.
Hilliard Mills in Manchester, near the confluence of … [Read more...]

Orange: PEZ
Orange (Google Maps location)
February 18, 2012
Everyone knows that the World Wide Leader of Sports, ESPN, is located in Bristol, Connecticut. Many people know that GE is headquartered here as well. Um, New Haven has the best pizza in the world, but doesn’t exactly distribute its product. The … [Read more...]

Giddy Up!
Smith-Worthington Saddlery, Hartford
As far as America goes, Connecticut is pretty old. This has its plusses (history out the wazoo!) and its minuses (industry has flown the coop). However, here and there around the state, some old businesses still exist. Still doing what they’ve always done - … [Read more...]

Bloomfield's Mildly Interesting Stuff
If you’re actually reading this, you are surely thinking, “Okay dude, enough with the Bloomfield.” If it makes you feel better, I totally agree. Unfortunately for both of us, I have a whole bunch of little Bloomfieldian things I have gathered over the last few weeks that I … [Read more...]

The Beast of the East
Angle Bound q, Sterling
August 4, 2012
[This directional extreme was visited in Dagobah-like humidity during the Connecticut Extreme Geo-Tour 2012 with the most excellent Tom from Twelve-Mile Circle and the equally excellent Scott from The Scenic Drive. The were the extremely generous winning … [Read more...]

Once You Go Dark Matter, You Never Go Latter
Wright Lab, New Haven
[November 2014 Update: The last public visits to this thing hvae come and gone. Yale is dismantling the accelorator, as its usefulness has run its course. Oh well, you missed out.]
My final stop during the special inauguration day of Yale's 23rd … [Read more...]

Things are Going Swimmingly
Yale Practice Pool, New Haven
I spent a wonderful day in New Haven recently doing a few tours of unique and interesting buildings around Yale's campus. There are so many ridiculously cool things of note around campus that I came away thinking I could do an entirely separate site called … [Read more...]